Month: December 2016

For 10 glorious days this past summer, a group of youth came together with WILD MINDS and experienced a deep connection to nature where they had the unique opportunity to help re-wild an urban space, once a garbage dump and now an ecologically rich and diverse ecosystem.

The Wild Minds partnership brought together the Environmental Youth Alliance, the Grandview Woodland Food Connection, and Evergreen Foundation each providing youth mentorship and expertise in ecology, gardening, and youth engagement. The spaces to explore, the learning opportunities, and the simple beauty of these gardens are providing the youth a new persective of the city